All posts under Tag : Communal violence

28 May 1915

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Muslim-Sinhala riots. Sources Exploring Confrontations: Sri Lanka - politics, culture and history, Michael Roberts, 1994; Kearney, R.N.,The 1915 riots in Ceylon – a symposium. Journal of Asian Studies, Feb.1970, vol.29, no.2, pp.219-222. Quota... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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5 June 1956

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Federal Party conducts sathyagraha protest on Galle Face Green against intended legislation to make Sinhala the official language. Protests spark communal violence in Colombo. Violence spreads to Ampara and the Gal-Oya Valley. An estimated 150 deaths... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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May 1958

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Communal riots in Colombo, Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Eravur and Kurunegala during May and June. An estimated 300-400 killed, over 2,000 incidents of arson, looting and assault, and 12,000 'Ceylonese' (Tamils) displaced from the... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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27 May 1958

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State of emergency declared by Governor-General. Federal Party leaders are later detained. Extract from Emergency '58: Emergency Declared "Shortly after noon on May 27, the Governor-General pro¬claimed that a State of Emergency had arisen in C... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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August 1977

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Anti-Tamil riots. The Government's official commission of inquiry stated that 100 people had died in the riots. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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31 May 1981

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District Development Council meeting disrupted in Jaffna by ‘mobs’. Violence lasts until 2 June: destruction of the market area of Jaffna, the office of the Tamil Newspaper, the home of the member of Parliament for Jaffna, and burning of the Jaffna ... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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July 1982

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Clashes between Sinhalese and Muslim communities in Galle. Emergency declared and curfew imposed throughout Galle. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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23 July 1983

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Anti-Tamil riots break out in parts of Colombo, and later spread to other areas, lasting one week. The event is later remembered as "Black July". Estimates of Tamil deaths vary from 387 (official figures) to 2,000 Tamils; 18,000 Tamil homes and 5,000... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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November 2004

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Members of Tamil and Sinhala communities clash in the East after a grenade attack on a bus leaves one person dead. LTTE denies carrying out the attack. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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12 April 2006

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Communal riots follow an explosion in a market in Trincomalee town. The bomb blast and the ensuing riots leave over 20 civilians dead, over 30 shops and 100 homes destroyed by fire and over 3,000 persons displaced and seeking refuge in schools and pl... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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